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What does Basic Health Insurance cover?

originally posted: 11/22/2006  reposted: 2/18/2011 This post has not been recently reviewed or revised by the author and may be out of date. If in doubt, please send a new question or ask for an update.

Q: What does basic health insurance cover?

A: Basic Health Insurance provides a specified dollar amount of payment for doctors visits, child well care visits, adult well care visits or annual exam (one per year), diagnostic testing (up to three per year), hospitalization, intensive care, mental illness, alcohol and substance abuse confinement, convalescent facility, emergency room treatment, and surgery. Prescription drug benefits are provided separately through a discount card and are not part of the insurance policy. Each of these benefits is limited in total dollar amount and this dollar amount is not intended to cover the entire cost of any medical bill. There are no deductibles or co-payments with Basic Health Insurance and the benefit is paid even f you have other overlapping health insurance. For more information, see www.basichealthinsurance.net .

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